Re: [Ilugc] Need Open Source Applications-OS Customization

2010-01-15 Thread Kannan
I am not using any tools.By extracting the iso,squash files and chroot only going to install the packages. Just following the instructions(live cd customization) mentioned in ubuntu help site.. On 2010-01-16, Saravanan S wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:35 AM, satyaakam goswami > wrote: > >>

Re: [Ilugc] Need Open Source Applications-OS Customization

2010-01-15 Thread Saravanan S
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:35 AM, satyaakam goswami wrote: > to customize the way to go depending on time and your understanding > > 1.LFS > 2.reconstructor > 3.uck > If you want to learn about the integral parts of every distro, i wont recommend the tools available for remastering. Rather doin

Re: [Ilugc] Interview questions for linux administrator

2010-01-15 Thread subhojit ojha
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Raja Chinnathambi > wrote: > > 2. Is name based virtual host supports SSL? > > > > 3. If yes, then how. > > >HTTPS cannot work with named vhosts. You need a dedicated > >IP address or different TCP port

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2010-01-15 Thread Vivek Rajagopalan
Location is everything. Consider Reliance vs BSNL based on that. The speed is not the same in all towers. Make sure the tower near your area is upgraded to EVDO, otherwise what you get is EVDO 1x RTT which caps out at 144K. I found an older list of towers here http://chennai.bsnl.co.in/News/EV

Re: [Ilugc] Need Open Source Applications-OS Customization

2010-01-15 Thread satyaakam goswami
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Kannan wrote: > Hi Friends, > I am Kannan from Kongu Engg College,Erode. > > In our college most of the departments(Non IT,CSE) using the > proprietary softwares only.So we are plan to customize the Ubuntu OS > in application level. > > I need the names of the pac

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2010-01-15 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Arun SAG wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Saura Ramachandran wrote: >> >I am getting speeds of more that 2.5Mbps in Chennai. >> > How much they charge for data/plans? What about the coverage? Works well in > all towers? Is it available in all bsnl offices

Re: [Ilugc] Interview questions for linux administrator

2010-01-15 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Raja Chinnathambi wrote: > 2. Is name based virtual host supports SSL? > > 3. If yes, then how. HTTPS cannot work with named vhosts. You need a dedicated IP address or different TCP port numbers for every HTTPS site you want to host. This is clearly explained i

[Ilugc] Interview questions for linux administrator

2010-01-15 Thread Raja Chinnathambi
hi friends, Interviewer asked the following questions for linux administrator position. I did not know the answer at that time. I could not get the exact answer by googling. friends help me. 1. Maximum number of name based virtual hosts apache supports? 2. Is name based virtual host supports SS

Re: [Ilugc] Need Open Source Applications-OS Customization

2010-01-15 Thread Saravanan S
continued... * chroot install restricted extras ;). * Keep desktop effects in mind. * Design a look relevant to your organization. http://wiki.developspace.net/Open_Source_Engineering_Tools Saravanan Sundaramoorthy Red Hat Certified Engineer +91 99404 32545

Re: [Ilugc] Need Open Source Applications-OS Customization

2010-01-15 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, Apologies for an unstructured reply On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Kannan wrote: > > I need the names of the packages that are related to > Civil,Mechanical,Electronics,Electrical & related to engineering. Try ubuntu education and electronics group (or distro? not sure) For highe

Re: [Ilugc] Need Open Source Applications-OS Customization

2010-01-15 Thread Saravanan S
About suggestions, * Select a distro with Long Time Support(LTS) * Just adding up Applications is not a big deal and wont gain much appreciation. * Make sure you give credits to your professors ;) and your College, This really delights them and reaches better. * Add up little funny utility, so tha

Re: [Ilugc] Need Open Source Applications-OS Customization

2010-01-15 Thread Saravanan S
I have done a custom OS for my college 2 years back as a hobby project named SSN LINUX OS ;) and distributed it among friends and juniors. ;) LOL When i had been to FOSSCONF'09 as a Speaker to Thiyagaraja College of Engg, Madurai came across exactly what you are planning to do, that distro was call

[Ilugc] Need Open Source Applications-OS Customization

2010-01-15 Thread Kannan
Hi Friends, I am Kannan from Kongu Engg College,Erode. In our college most of the departments(Non IT,CSE) using the proprietary softwares only.So we are plan to customize the Ubuntu OS in application level. I need the names of the packages that are related to Civil,Mechanical,Electronics,Electric

[Ilugc] one-application-oneday (pitivi)

2010-01-15 Thread Dhastha Gheer
Application: pitivi What it is: PiTiVi is a free software non-linear video editor licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License,[1] primarily developed by Collabora. PiTiVi is designed to be a simple video editor to meet the needs of users in the GNOME desktop environment. Fe

[Ilugc] Dot matrix character sets

2010-01-15 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, Is anyone in the list aware of any open source dot-matrix downloadable character set for Indian languages? I am talking about near native draft printing speed of a dot matrix printer: if it prints 300cps in self test mode, after downloading the said fontset, it can print at say 250-270

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2010-01-15 Thread Arun SAG
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Saura Ramachandran wrote: > >If you have not bought anything till now I would recommend BSNL 3G. Their > >device, Huawei e156 works like a charm in ubuntu karmic with the latest > >kernel. > > >I am getting speeds of more that 2.5Mbps in Chennai. > > How much they

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2010-01-15 Thread Saura Ramachandran
Hi, On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > Dear Luggies, > > > I would like some recommendations luggies who are actual users > of EVDO or other high speed mobile connectivity on their laptops. > > If you have not bought anything till now I would recommend BSNL 3G. Their devic

Re: [Ilugc] changing the welcome screen

2010-01-15 Thread manoj kumar
>>I think you can do that with Ubuntu tweak. >>Ubuntu tweak homepage: http://ubuntu-tweak.com/ >>Googling on similar topic led me to the following links : >>http://tinyurl.com/ykufrwphttp://tinyurl.com/norcry sorry for the un-separated urls i had mailed the urls bulleted one after another but it

Re: [Ilugc] changing the welcome screen

2010-01-15 Thread manoj kumar
> Is there any possible way available to change the default >login screen of ubuntu 9.10 I think you can do that with Ubuntu tweak. Ubuntu tweak homepage: http://ubuntu-tweak.com/ Googling on similar topic led me to the following links : http://tinyurl.com/ykufrwphttp://tinyurl.com/norcry ManojKum

[Ilugc] Tips of the day (Gain of performance for hard disk by using 32bits transfers)

2010-01-15 Thread Vishnu Raj
By adding the line hdparm -c3 /dev/hdX to a bootup script. For SuSE and probably other SYS V based systems /sbin/init.d/boot.local works fine. This enable 32 bit X-fer for you harddisk. On some systems it boost xfer performance by 75%. To test how much you gaine

[Ilugc] [OT] Linux Job Board

2010-01-15 Thread Mohan Sundaram
Came across this site. Dedicated to Linux jobs. http://jobs.linux.com/ -- Mohan Sundaram ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] changing the welcome screen

2010-01-15 Thread Satish Chandra
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:34 AM, dharani tharan wrote: > Is there any possible way available to change the default > login screen of ubuntu 9.10.. In 9.10, it looks like there is no option to change the login screen. There are some hacks like this: http://www.ubuntumini.com/2009/09/hack-karmics-

Re: [Ilugc] changing the welcome screen

2010-01-15 Thread Mehul Ved
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:34 AM, dharani tharan wrote: > hi friends, >                   Is there any possible way available to change the default > login screen of ubuntu 9.10.. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuEyeCandy You will find lots of gdm themes at http://gnome-look.org ___

Re: [Ilugc] What data structure in python should I use

2010-01-15 Thread Eknath Venkataramani
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Roshan Mathews wrote: > Simplest things will be to just generate that file in a way you can > parse. JSON is a good format. > But I have no idea about PHP. I got the solution.:) > ___ ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.

Re: [Ilugc] What data structure in python should I use

2010-01-15 Thread Eknath Venkataramani
The next carlsberg's on me On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:50 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > you owe us beer and bajjis for the next LUG meet ;-) > -- > regards > kg > http://lawgon.livejournal.com > > ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/l

Re: [Ilugc] What data structure in python should I use

2010-01-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Friday 15 Jan 2010 1:02:27 pm Eknath Venkataramani wrote: > Works great. Much appreciated. > you owe us beer and bajjis for the next LUG meet ;-) -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/li